The video we watched in the pod. Below the "screen" you can click on the link to see it in French, Spanish, German or Portuguese if you wish!
Eight Ways to Use Wikis http://techlearning.com/article/22064
Lisa Nielsen, the author of this article, works for the NYC Dept of Education as an "Technology Innovation Manager" (!). In her blog, Innovative Educator, she often writes about things she's seen happening (or, in some cases, NOT happening in NYC public schools. This article highlights some ways schools in NYC are using wikis.
50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom
20s and 30s museum http://20s30smuseum.wikispaces.com/
A wiki for a class project where students become curators of new exhibits for a museum. Included on the wiki are organizers, links to a research pathfinder (research guide) and the student projects themselves.
Wikis in Plain English
http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
The video we watched in the pod. Below the "screen" you can click on the link to see it in French, Spanish, German or Portuguese if you wish!Eight Ways to Use Wikis
http://techlearning.com/article/22064
Lisa Nielsen, the author of this article, works for the NYC Dept of Education as an "Technology Innovation Manager" (!). In her blog, Innovative Educator, she often writes about things she's seen happening (or, in some cases, NOT happening in NYC public schools. This article highlights some ways schools in NYC are using wikis.
50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/Another article on using wikis.
Want to start a wiki?
Here's the link to the Wikispaces page for teachers where you can get an ad-free page.
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
Google Sites
http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html
A good overview of Google Sites, with a short video. Google Sites now has some templates to make your site look a little more interesting. The classroom site template, is a website rather than a wiki.
Wikis in Action
Here are some great examples of wikis in education.Flat Classroom Project
http://flatclassroom09-3.flatclassroomproject.org/
The Flat Classroom Project is based on a chapter in Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat.
Literature Circles
http://sites.google.com/site/litcirclealongwaygone7th/home
From the Media21 Project, this is a wiki from one literature circle.
20s and 30s museum
http://20s30smuseum.wikispaces.com/
A wiki for a class project where students become curators of new exhibits for a museum. Included on the wiki are organizers, links to a research pathfinder (research guide) and the student projects themselves.
for more...
Wikis in the Classroom
http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/Wikis+in+the+Classroom